| und |
| 1. conj. (co-ordinating) and | |
| Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake | |
| Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered. | |
| 2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them | |
| Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year! | |
| 3. interj. so?, now?, and? | |
| Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go? | |
| wie |
| 1. adv. how | |
| Wie groß bist du? - How tall are you? | |
| Ich weiß nicht, wie die Katze hereingekommen ist. - I don't know how the cat got in. | |
| Wie wunderbar! - How wonderful! | |
| 2. conj. like | |
| Freunde sind wie Sterne in der Nacht. - Friends are like stars in the night. | |
| 3. conj. as | |
| Wie ihr wisst, bin ich in Dortmund aufgewachsen. - As you know, I grew up in Dortmund. | |
| Ich bin so schnell wie du. - I’m as fast as you are. | |
| 4. conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than | |
| Der Junge ist größer wie sein Vater. - The boy is taller than his father. | |
| 5. conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past | |
| Ich hab ihn gesehen, wie ich in Köln war. - I saw him when I was in Cologne. | |
| Wie ich zur Tür herauskomme, steht da mein alter Schulfreund. - When I came out the door, my old school-day friend was standing in front of me. | |
| Gewächs |
| 1. n-n. plant | |
| 2. n-n. (figurative) a person who has been raised in a given region or educated in a given institution, especially a young talent | |
| 3. n-n. (medicine, dated) ulcer, tumor | |
| Aus |
| 1. n. (sports) an out; the end of play for an individual or a team | |
| 2. n. (sports) the out of bounds area | |
| 3. n. end | |
| 4. adv. out | |
| 5. adv. (with sein) over; finished; done; up | |
| Das Spiel ist aus! - The game is up! | |
| 6. adj. (of a device) off | |
| 7. prep. out of; from (from the inside of something) | |
| Hol das Besteck aus der Schublade! - Get the cutlery from the drawer! | |
| 8. prep. from (a place; see usage notes below) | |
| Er kommt aus dem selben Dorf wie ich. - He’s from the same village as I am. | |
| 9. prep. of; made of; out of | |
| ein Haus aus Eis - a house made of ice | |
| 10. prep. for; out of (because of a feeling or inner quality) | |
| etwas aus Freundschaft tun - to do something out of friendship (i.e. a sense of friendship) | |
| etwas aus Feigheit unterlassen - to neglect something out of cowardice | |
| der |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of der | |
| 3. art. genitive plural of der | |
| 4. pron. who; that; which | |
| Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that. | |
| 5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that | |
| 6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that | |
| Der Mann war es! - It was that man! | |
| 7. pron. (indicative) him, he | |
| Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it! | |
| 8. pron. (differential) the one, him | |
| Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat | |
| 9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her | |
| Erde |
| 1. n-f. soil | |
| Sie nahm eine Handvoll Erde. - She took a handful of soil. | |
| 2. n-f. the ground | |
| Er fiel auf die Erde. - He fell on the ground. | |
| 3. n-f. a world; a space to live in | |
| Diese Erde wird vergehen, aber Gott wird eine neue Erde schaffen. - This earth will fade, but God will create a new earth. | |
| 4. Proper noun. the planet Earth | |
| 5. v. first-person singular present of erden | |
| 6. v. singular imperative of erden | |
| 7. v. first-person singular subjunctive of erden | |
| 8. v. third-person singular subjunctive of erden | |
| wächst |
| 1. v. second-person singular present of wachsen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of wachsen | |
| wachsen |
| 1. v. to grow | |
| 2. v. to grow, to increase | |
| 3. v. to wax | |
| So |
| 1. n. (nonstandard) abbreviation of Sonntag, t=Sunday Alternative form of So. | |
| 2. adv. so, such, that | |
| Die Leute sind so nett. - People are so nice. | |
| Dieser Hammer ist nicht so gut. - This hammer is not that good. | |
| Das ist so eine gute Idee! - That is such a good idea! | |
| so und so - such and such | |
| 3. adv. as (followed by an adjective or adverb plus wie in a statement of equality) | |
| Er rennt so schnell wie der Blitz. - He runs as fast as lightning. | |
| 4. adv. thus, like this/that, in this/that way, in this/that manner | |
| Wenn du den Ball so wirfst, triffst du die Zielscheibe. - If you throw the ball like this, you'll hit the target. | |
| 5. adv. then (in that case) | |
| Wirst du wieder gesund, so freue ich mich. - If you get healthy again, then I'll be happy. | |
| 6. adv. (colloquial) expletive; sometimes intensifying, sometimes with no noticeable meaning | |
| Wir sind runtergegangen und haben uns hier so hingesetzt. - We went downstairs and, like, sat down here. | |
| 7. conj. (coordinating) thus, so, pursuant to the aforementioned premises | |
| 8. conj. (subordinating, chiefly archaic, sometimes legal and regional) an, if | |
| So es Euch beliebt. - If it pleases you. | |
| 9. part. (colloquial) (quotative particle, somewhat similar to be like but also combinable with other verbs) | |
| Ich so: "Mach mal dalli!", und er dann so: "Ich bin ja schon dabei!" - I was like, "Hurry up!" and he was like, "I'm already on it!". | |
| Ich dachte mir nur so: "Ja komm, lass stecken." - All I thought to myself at that moment was, "Yeah whatever, forget about it.". | |
| 10. pron. (obsolete, relative) that, which, who | |
| Derhalben sind die Christen schuldig, der Obrigkeit unterthan ... zu seyn in Allem, so ohne Sünde geschehen mag. - That do the Christians owe: to be obedient to the authority ... zu seyn in All | |
| 11. interj. (tlb, colloquial) (a discourse marker in the beginning of a sentence indicating a topic having been dealt with and another being tackled) | |
| läßt |
| 1. v. Alternative spelling of lässt; second-person singular present of lassen | |
| 2. v. Alternative spelling of lässt; third-person singular present of lassen | |
| lassen |
| 1. v. to allow; to permit; to let | |
| lasset alle Hoffnung fahren - abandon all hope | |
| 2. v. to have someone (do something); to have (something done); to make (something happen); to cause (something to be done) | |
| Wir haben neue Schränke für die Küche machen lassen. - We had new cabinets made for the kitchen. | |
| Hast du dir die Haare schneiden lassen? - Did you get your hair cut? | |
| 3. v. to let remain, to leave (in a certain state) | |
| Mir ist es lieber, meine Haare grau zu lassen. - I prefer to leave my hair grey. | |
| 4. v. to stop (something); to quit; to refrain from; to help doing (something) | |
| 5. v. to cease; to desist | |
| Er |
| 1. n. a person or animal of male gender, a male | |
| Was möchte Er von mir? - What does he want from me? | |
| 2. pron. (personal) he. | |
| audio, De-wo ist klaus.ogg De-wo ist klaus.ogg uxi - Where is Klaus? Where is he? | |
| audio, De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg uxi - This is my dog. His name is Waldi. | |
| 3. pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)). | |
| audio, De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg uxi - There stands a tree. It is more than 100 years old. | |
| 4. pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)). | |
| Im Frauengefängnis versuchte ein Häftling zu flüchten, aber er kam nicht weit. - In the women’s prison, an inmate tried to escape, but she didn’t get very far. | |
| 5. pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite) | |
| Gerechtigkeit |
| 1. n-f. justice | |
| Aufgehen |
| 1. n. gerund of aufgehen | |
| 2. v. to open, come undone | |
| Die Schnürsenkel gehen immer auf. - The shoelaces always come undone. | |
| Die Tür ging auf. - The door opened. | |
| 3. v. to rise, expand (of dough etc.) | |
| Der Teig muss erst aufgehen. - The dough needs to rise first. | |
| 4. v. to rise, come up (of a celestial body) | |
| Der Mond geht auf. - The moon is rising. | |
| 5. v. to work out | |
| der Plan geht nicht auf - the plan doesn't work | |
| 6. v. (maths, figurative) to add up, to come out even | |
| die Rechnung geht nicht auf - the bill doesn't add up | |
| 7. v. to sprout, germinate | |
| die Saat ist aufgegangen - the seed has sprouted | |
| 8. v. (with in + dative) to disintegrate; to be integrated into; to be absorbed by; to disappear into | |
| in Flammen aufgehen - to go up in flames | |
| in der Masse aufgehen - to disappear into the crowd | |
| in einem anderen Unternehmen aufgehen - to be absorbed by another company | |
| 9. v. (of hunting season) to open | |
